The Eradication of Infectious Diseases: Report of the Dahlem Workshop on the Eradication of Infectious Diseases, Berlin, March 16-22, 1997 - Rilegato

Dahlem Workshop On The Eradication Of Infectious Diseases; Hopkins, Donald R.

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ISBN 10: 0471980897 ISBN 13: 9780471980896

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1997

Riassunto

Ein zeitgemäßer und aktueller Überblick über die Eradikation (Ausrottung) von Infektionskrankheiten, wobei Ergebnisse aus früheren Aktionen untersucht werden. Hierbei wird unterschieden zwischen Eradikations-, Eliminations- und Überwachungsprogrammen. Das Buch behandelt ein breites Spektrum verwandter Themen, inklusive biologische und soziopolitische Kriterien einer Eradikation. Diskutiert werden ferner Kosten und Nutzen von Eradikationskampagnen, Möglichkeiten zur Stärkung der Gesundheitsvorsorge im Zuge von Eradikationsmaßnahmen sowie andere Aspekte der Planung und Durchführung von Eradikationsprogrammen. Darüber hinaus wird die Bedeutung globaler Mechanismen zur Gestaltung und Durchführung derartiger Programme verdeutlicht. (02/98)

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W. R. Dowdle is the editor of The Eradication of Infectious Diseases, published by Wiley.

Donald R. Hopkins is a Bahamian American physician, a MacArthur Fellow and is the Vice President and Director of Health Programs at The Carter Center.

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In October, 1987, smallpox became the first disease of humans to have been deliberately eradicated. Since then, global eradication campaigns against dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) and poliomyelitis have nearly reached their goals, and initial steps have been taken to stimulate similar programs to eradicate lymphatic filariasis and measles. Other successful efforts are expected to follow these. In 1993, an International Task Force for Disease Eradication evaluated over 80 potential candidate diseases and made recommendations. However, little has been done to develop the science of eradication systematically. This book reports the findings of a multidisciplinary workshop on the eradication of infectious diseases. It reviews the history of eradication efforts and lessons from previous campaigns and distinguishes among eradication, elimination, and control programs and extinction of an etiologic agent. It addresses a wide range of related issues, including biological and socio-political criteria for eradication, costs and benefits of eradication campaigns, opportunities for strengthening primary health care in the course of eradication efforts, and other aspects of planning and implementing eradication programs. Finally, it stresses the importance of global mechanisms for formulating and implementing such programs. Goal of this Dahlem Workshop: to identify the biological/epidemiological, cost/benefit, and societal/political criteria for the eradication of infectious diseases.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0471980897
• ISBN 13: 9780471980896
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 218
• Redattore: Dowdle Walter R., Hopkins David
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile